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Site Inventory Form State Inventory No. 29-01092 New Supplemental State Historical Society of Iowa Part of a district with known boundaries (enter inventory no.) 26-03685 (November 2005) Relationship: Contributing Noncontributing Contributes to a potential district with yet unknown boundaries National Register Status:(any that apply) Listed De-listed NHL DOE 9-Digit SHPO Review & Compliance (R&C) Number Non-Extant (enter year) 1. Name of Property historic name Hedge-Ransom-Palmer Block other names/site number F.W. Woolworth Company, Downtown Survey Map # DT-65 2. Location street & number 312-314 Jefferson city or town Burlington vicinity, county Des Moines Legal Description: (If Rural) Township Name Township No. Range No. Section Quarter of Quarter (If Urban) Subdivision Original City Block(s) Lot(s) 445 E 2/3 of E ½, Lot 444 W 19 3/1239”3” S 10’; N 4’ S 50’6” E ½ E 20’ S 10’ N 36’ & S 46’ E 1/2 3. State/Federal Agency Certification [Skip this Section] 4. National Park Service Certification [Skip this Section] 5. Classification Category of Property (Check only one box) Number of Resources within Property building(s) If Non-Eligible Property If Eligible Property, enter number of: district Enter number of: Contributing Noncontributing site buildings 1 buildings structure sites sites object structures structures objects objects Total 1 Total Name of related project report or multiple property study (Enter “N/A” if the property is not part of a multiple property examination). Title Historical Architectural Data Base Number Intensive Level Historical and Architectural Survey of “East” Downtown Burlington, IA 29-034 6. Function or Use Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions) Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) 02A01 office 02G01 café (314) 02F04 department store 02E specialty store (312) 02E specialty store 7. Description Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions) Materials (Enter categories from instructions) 09F05: Commercial / brick front foundation not visible 05B Italianate walls (visible material) 03 brick roof not visible other Narrative Description ( SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED) 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark “x” representing your opinion of eligibility after applying relevant National Register criteria) Yes No More Research Recommended A Property is associated with significant events. Yes No More Research Recommended B Property is associated with the lives of significant persons. Yes No More Research Recommended C Property has distinctive architectural characteristics. Yes No More Research Recommended D Property yields significant information in archaeology or history. County Des Moines Address 312-314 Jefferson Site Number 29-01092 City Burlington District Number 29-03685 Criteria Considerations A Owned by a religious institution or used E A reconstructed building, object, or structure. for religious purposes. F A commemorative property. B Removed from its original location. G Less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past C A birthplace or grave. 50 years. D A cemetery Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Significant Dates Construction date 05: Commerce 1867 check if circa or estimated date Other dates, including renovation 02: Architecture 1933 Significant Person Architect/Builder (Complete if National Register Criterion B is marked above) Architect Builder Narrative Statement of Significance ( SEE CONTINUATION SHEETS, WHICH MUST BE COMPLETED) 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography See continuation sheet for citations of the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form 10. Geographic Data UTM References (OPTIONAL) Zone Easting Northing Zone Easting Northing 1 2 3 4 See continuation sheet for additional UTM references or comments 11. Form Prepared By name/title Steve Frevert, chair (research by Barb Mackey) Rebecca L. McCarley, consultant, Davenport organization Burlington Historic Preservation Commission date January 23, 2013 street & number City Hall, 400 Washington Street telephone 319-753-8158 city or town Burlington state Iowa zip code 52601 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION (Submit the following items with the completed form) FOR ALL PROPERTIES 1. Map: showing the property’s location in a town/city or township. 2. Site plan: showing position of buildings and structures on the site in relation to public road(s). 3. Photographs: representative black and white photos. If the photos are taken as part of a survey for which the Society is to be curator of the negatives or color slides, a photo/catalog sheet needs to be included with the negatives/slides and the following needs to be provided below on this particular inventory site: Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken Roll/slide sheet # Frame/slot # Date Taken See continuation sheet or attached photo & slide catalog sheet for list of photo roll or slide entries. Photos/illustrations without negatives are also in this site inventory file. FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AS WELL 1. Farmstead & District: (List of structures and buildings, known or estimated year built, and contributing or noncontributing status) 2. Barn: a. A sketch of the frame/truss configuration in the form of drawing a typical middle bent of the barn. b. A photograph of the loft showing the frame configuration along one side. c. A sketch floor plan of the interior space arrangements along with the barn’s exterior dimensions in feet. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) Use Only Below This Line Concur with above survey opinion on National Register eligibility: Yes No More Research Recommended This is a locally designated property or part of a locally designated district. Comments: Evaluated by (name/title): Date: Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 29-01092 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 1 Hedge-Ransom-Palmer Block Des Moines Name of Property County 312-314 Jefferson Burlington Address City 7. Narrative Description This is a three-story brick commercial building with two storefront spaces that faces Jefferson to the south. It is approximately the remaining east third of the Hedge-Ransom-Palmer Block, which occupied this entire half block of the north side of Jefferson with a total of six storefront spaces. The west four sections were demolished for the Kresge building in 1933, leaving these two east sections. The foundation is stone. Both storefronts have been remodeled a number of times. They have aluminum framed windows, recessed, single door entries, and signage above. 312 has a pair of fixed canvas awnings above each display window, while 314 has a roll up canvas awning. A single door to the upper floors is located in between the two storefronts. There are seven identical windows across the second and third floor stories; all are covered with sheet metal. They are full arch openings with arch hoods with keystones and shoulder blocks. Each window bay is separated by a brick pilaster that rises from the top of the storefronts to the cornice. There are projecting courses of brickwork between the second and third stories, as well as a simple brick cornice on the south and east walls. The decorative, bracketed cornice appears to have been removed around 1933 when the west section of the building was demolished, likely in an effort to update and modernize the remaining section for F.W. Woolworth Company. The roofline is straight, and the roof slopes slightly back to the north. The front brick façade has been painted in the past and is faded/peeling. The three west bays are a tan color, while the four east bays are blue. The exposed brickwork on the west wall of the third story has been parged with concrete. The east brick wall extends along the alley, and it has several covered segmental arch windows. An addition, Linder’s Hall, built onto the rear of the building has been removed, and the rear wall of the east half (312) has been rebuilt with concrete block. An older brick wall remains on the west (314) half), with a small concrete block shed-roof addition on the first story. The segmental arch windows on the upper stories are also covered. 8. Narrative Statement of Significance The Hedge-Ransom-Palmer Block appears to contribute historically and architecturally to a potential Downtown Commercial Historic District. The construction in 1867 makes it one of the oldest buildings in the historic district, and it retains several characteristic features of this period and the Italianate style, including the arch windows with hoods and pilasters dividing the bays. A number of businesses operated in this section of the block, perhaps most notably the F.W. Woolworth Company from 1912 to 1958. The upper stories were used as physician, dentist, and real estate offices as well as apartments. The building was updated around 1933 with the demolition of the west two-thirds of the block for the new Kresge Building. F.W. Woolworth Company continued to operate here after these modifications, and by the 1940s it was the center building of “dime store row” along this block in Burlington. Thus, its historic significance continues after the 1933 work. With the various changes over time and more recent changes to divide the two storefront spaces again, it does not appear that this building would likely be individually eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, though it represents an interesting example of the evolution of a business block. The original building at the northeast corner of Jefferson and 4th Street was a large three-story Italianate block with six storefronts. Work began clearing the property early in 1867, after a January fire Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs State Historical Society of Iowa Site Number 29-01092 Iowa Site Inventory Form Related District Number Continuation Sheet Page 2 Hedge-Ransom-Palmer Block Des Moines Name of Property County 312-314 Jefferson Burlington Address City at the location (Daily Hawk-Eye, February 14, 1867, 4).

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